Mission & Goals

Our Mission: to preserve Pennsylvanias treasured
places by increasing the speed, capacity and capital of the conservation
community.

Keystone Conservation Trust advances conservation statewide by increasing
private capital and statewide funding, expanding the tools for conservation, and
helping to raise the performance and alignment of conservation organizations.
Keystone Conservation Trusts goal is to help others protect an acre of land for
every acre developed.

We attract new forms of capital to preserve Pennsylvanias treasured places.
We aim to grow conservation capital by pursuing those forms of capital which
others are not, with tools others are not using. We help individuals and
families maximize their philanthropic return through gifts of real estate which
can increase their charitable gift 15-30% and leverage additional public and
private funding 5 to 10 times the size of the original gift, accomplishing
larger conservation goals than the donor could achieve individually. We provide
an efficient market for the pooling and targeting of environmental penalties to
high-impact environmental projects. We integrate market-based incentives to
increase the creative capacity to solve complex environmental problems. The
blend of these new and diverse funding sources offers enormous potential for
conservation and high return and leverage for the private individual and
family.

We expand the knowledge and availability of practical and creative
conservation tools. In order to advance the conservation of large-scale
conservation landscapes, we gather, assess and develop tools, techniques and
practices which have proven successful in conserving complex areas. We work with
those entities working on the ground to develop and refine successful practices
which then are featured for the benefit and use by others. We help
organizations, communities and agencies align their interests in collaborative
efforts to achieve higher levels of conservation success. Working at a large
landscape scale, KCT brings together multiple stakeholders within the community
to plan and implement a conservation strategy. KCT integrates strategic
planning, business principles and conservation planning to achieve an innovative
and practical approach to helping others achieve more than each could on their
own and collectively what can have a powerful impact on conservation.